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How well do you know these four western battlefields? Take our online quiz to test your knowledge about Corinth, Champion Hill, Chattanooga, and Port...

The fight for the Jackson Road at the May 16, 1863 Battle of Champion Hill was one of the most pivotal moments of the Vicksburg Campaign.

A photographic history of the Civil War Trust's ongoing efforts to preserve the Champion Hill battlefield in Mississippi, part of the Vicksburg...

An article from the Civil War Trust's historical magazine, Hallowed Ground, concerning the life and generalship of Confederate officer John Pemberton.

An article from Hallowed Ground, the Civil War Trust's historical magazine, analyzing Grant's Vicksburg supply line during the 1863 Vicksburg campaign...

A man whose military career spanned more than four decades and three different flags, William Wing Loring was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, on...

The American Battlefield Trust's history page describing the campaign and siege to capture Vicksburg, Mississippi during the summer of 1863 during the...

This article describes the Battle of Champion Hill, a Union victory which occurred during the Vicksburg Campaign.

The Battle of Raymond On its way to destroy the Southern Railroad in central Mississippi in the early days of May 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s...

The Battle of Vicksburg By mid-May, 1863, after months of “experiments,” battles, and movements up and down both sides of the Mississippi River, the...

Vicksburg was the culmination of one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the Western Theater and of the entire war. Grant’s successful siege...

VIDEO | Historian Terrence J. Winschel provides a brief overview of General Ulysses S. Grant's successful campaign to capture the City of Vicksburg...